MODULAR BOX ASSEMBLY

• US 20190032991A1
• Filed: 07/31/2017
• Published: 01/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC
• Original Assignee: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC
• Inventors: Waltermire, Jamie, Ott, Paul, Sollie, Greg
• Granted Patent: US 10,551,110 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B31B 2120/402 by applying a liner to already made boxes, e.g. opening or distending of the liner or the box
• CPC Class Codes: B31B 50/26 Folding sheets, blanks or webs
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/28 Handles of containers made by folding or erecting blanks made of paper B65D5/46; of bottles or jars B65D23/10 ; holders for glasses, bottles, cartons, plastic bags, cans A47G23/02
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3888 wrappers or flexible containers, e.g. pouches, bags for shock absorbing purposes B65D81/03
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2201/12 using an insulating packing material
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/06 Walls F25D23/08 takes precedence; containers with thermal insulation B65D81/38
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/067 Supporting elements
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/069 Cooling space dividing partitions
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2323/061 Collapsible walls
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 3/14 portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 5/02 portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 90/10 Bio-packaging, e.g. packing containers made from renewable resources or bio-plastics

Abstract

A modular box assembly includes a box, a box cavity defined within the box, the box defining a top end and a bottom end, the top end defining a box opening to the box cavity, the box includes a side panel extending from the top end to the bottom end; a shoulder attached to the side panel, the shoulder extending inward from the side panel and into the box cavity, the shoulder comprising a first sub-shoulder and a second sub-shoulder, the first sub-shoulder, the second sub-shoulder, and the side panel defining a shoulder channel; and a support bracket comprising a channel tab and a support shelf, the channel tab positioned within the shoulder channel, the channel tab frictionally engaging the first sub-shoulder and the second sub-shoulder to secure the support bracket within the shoulder channel, the support shelf extending into the box cavity.

Claims

1. A modular box assembly comprising:

a box defining a box cavity within the box, the box further defining a top end and a bottom end, the top end defining a box opening connected to the box cavity, the box comprising;

a side panel extending from the top end to the bottom end;

a shoulder attached to the side panel, the shoulder extending inward from the side panel and into the box cavity, the shoulder comprising a first sub-shoulder and a second sub-shoulder, the first sub-shoulder, the second sub-shoulder, and the side panel defining a shoulder channel; and

a support bracket comprising a channel tab and a support shelf, the channel tab positioned within the shoulder channel, the channel tab frictionally engaging the first sub-shoulder and the second sub-shoulder to secure the support bracket within the shoulder channel, the support shelf extending into the box cavity.

2. The modular box assembly of claim 1, wherein the channel tab is folded substantially perpendicular to the support shelf.

3. The modular box assembly of claim 2, wherein:

the support bracket further comprises a brace folded inwards between the channel tab and the support shelf;

a first portion of the brace is substantially perpendicular to the support shelf;

a second portion of the brace is substantially perpendicular to the channel tab; and

wherein the brace is configured to prevent the support shelf from folding in half towards the channel tab.

4. The modular box assembly of claim 1, further comprising a divider panel, the divider panel suspended within the box cavity by the support bracket, the divider panel dividing the box cavity into a first sub-compartment and a second sub-compartment.

5. The modular box assembly of claim 4, wherein the divider panel comprises an insulation batt encapsulated at least partially by a first sheet, and wherein the divider panel insulates the first sub-compartment from the second sub-compartment.

6. The modular box assembly of claim 5, wherein:

the divider panel further comprises a rigid board; and

the insulation batt is substantially enclosed between the first sheet and the rigid board.

7. The modular box assembly of claim 1, wherein:

the side panel is a first side panel;

the box further comprises a second side panel;

the first sub-shoulder is defined by a wing attached to the first side panel and a wing attached to the second side panel;

the wing of the first side panel is secured adjacent to the first side panel; and

the wing of the second side panel is secured adjacent to the wing of the first side panel.

8. A handle top comprising:

a top panel defining a first side edge and a second side edge disposed opposite from the first side edge;

a side panel, an inner edge of the side panel hingedly attached to the top panel at the first side edge; and

a handle loop comprising a handle portion and a base portion, the base portion secured to the side panel.

9. The handle top of claim 8, wherein the side panel is attached to the top panel by a first tape strip, and wherein the first tape strip defines a living hinge between the top panel and the side panel.

10. The handle top of claim 9, wherein the base portion of the handle loop is laminated to the side panel by the first tape strip.

11. The handle top of claim 9, wherein:

the first tape strip is attached to a top side of the top panel;

a second tape strip is attached to a bottom side of the top panel opposite from the top side; and

the second tape strip further defines the living hinge.

12. The handle top of claim 11, wherein:

the inner edge of the side panel is spaced apart from the first side edge of the top panel; and

a portion of the first tape strip attaches to a portion of the second tape strip disposed between the first side edge and the inner edge.

13. The handle top of claim 8, wherein:

the top panel defines a hand hole extending through the top panel;

the top panel comprises a folding tab which is hingedly connected to the top panel; and

the folding tab at least partially covers the hand hole.

14. The handle top of claim 8, wherein the handle loop comprises a rope.

15. A modular box assembly comprising:

a box, the box defining a top end and a bottom end disposed opposite from the top end, the box comprising a plurality of side panels extending between the top end and the bottom end; and

an insulation wrap extending around the plurality of side panels, a first end of the insulation wrap attached to a second end of the insulation wrap to secure the insulation wrap around the box, the insulation wrap comprising;

an insulation batt;

a first sheet; and

a second sheet, the insulation batt encapsulated between the first sheet and the second sheet by a border, the border extending around the insulation wrap, the border attaching the first sheet to the second sheet, a first portion of the border disposed at the first end attached to a second portion of the border disposed at the second end to form a seam, the seam attaching the first end to the second end.

16. The modular box assembly of claim 15, further comprising an outer sleeve, the outer sleeve positioned around the insulation wrap and the box, the insulation wrap positioned between the box and the outer sleeve, the first sheet contacting the outer sleeve, the second sheet contacting the box.

17. The modular box assembly of claim 15, further comprising an inner box disposed in a box cavity defined within the box, the inner box dividing the box cavity into a first sub-compartment and a second sub-compartment, a cavity defined within the inner box, the cavity containing a temperature maintaining material.

18. The modular box assembly of claim 17, wherein the temperature maintaining material is carbon dioxide dry ice.

19. The modular box assembly of claim 17, wherein the temperature maintaining material absorbs heat through an endothermic reaction.

20. The modular box assembly of claim 17, wherein:

the box further comprises a shoulder attached to a first side panel of the plurality of side panels, the shoulder extending inward from the first side panel and into the box cavity, the shoulder comprising a first sub-shoulder and a second sub-shoulder, the first sub-shoulder, the second sub-shoulder, and the first side panel defining a shoulder channel; and

the inner box comprises a channel tab extending outward from a side panel of the inner box, the channel tab extending into the shoulder channel, the channel tab frictionally engaging the first sub-shoulder and the second sub-shoulder to secure and suspend the inner box within the box cavity between the top end and the bottom end.